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When NFL players took a knee during the National Anthem in 2016, a tradition was born at Rainbow Oaks Restaurant. Owners Duke and Jonell Maples, who remodeled and reopened the restaurant in 2009, decided to start playing the National Anthem at noon, seven days a week. "It was my way of waving my middle finger at the NFL," said the retired Marine. The restaurant is filled with patriotic memorabilia and American flags. A Marine Corps flag flies under the American flag atop the restaurant and inside, it's obvious the clientele has support for and by the military and law enforcement....

A viral video of patrons standing up for the National Anthem inside a Southern California bar garnered disgust among TikTok users who left thousands of horrified comments on the post. The 14-second video posted by a user identified as 'Paulina' shows roughly a half dozen individuals standing for the Star-Spangled Banner as it played on a TV screen. 'By far the most dangerous situation I've ever been in,' Paulina wrote alongside the hashtags 'godblessamerica,' 'getout,' 'illegal,' and 'whitepeoplethings.' The video was taken at the Rainbow Oaks Restaurant in Fallbrook - a city located around 50 miles northeast of San Diego....

Short man robs bank in supermarket FALLBROOK, Calif. — A diminutive man in sunglasses robbed a North County supermarket banking desk Friday, authorities reported. The thief, who appeared to be in his early 30s, handed a demand note to a teller at the U.S. Bank office at the Albertsons store in the 1100 block of South Mission Road in Fallbrook shortly after 10 a.m., according to the FBI. The bandit fled with an undisclosed amount of money. Witnesses described him as a roughly 5-foot-4-inch, 110-pound white man with short brown hair, freckles and protruding ears. The same man is believed...

Sheriff's Homicide responded to a call regarding the discovery of reportedly two fetuses who were found dead in the driveway of a home located on St. Peter's Way, just north of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Fallbrook. Emergency responders were called to the scene at approximately 2 p.m. today, Fri., January 2, after the discovery was made. A witness near the scene said the fetuses appeared to still be connected to a placenta.

The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Fallbrook Union High School District, charging that Fallbrook High's principal violated the free speech of students when he censored two articles, axed the newspaper's faculty advisor position, cut the journalism class and killed publication of the Tomahawk newspaper. The ACLU filed the lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court on Monday afternoon, the organization said Tuesday. The lawsuit is demanding that the high school district restore the journalism class and reinstate its advisor, Dave Evans. The ACLU is also asking for a court order prohibiting school or district officials from censoring future...

(Name Deleted) SAN DIEGO MINUTEMEN 14 July 07 A pro-illegal alien vigilante attacked and injured San Diego Minuteman ___ during our peaceful protest at St. Peter's church in Fallbrook, CA at about 9:30 am today. The attacker exited a vehicle and ran at ____ as he was filming from the public sidewalk in front of the church. He grabbed the camera out of ______ hand, raised it up above his head, and smashed it to the sidewalk, destroying it. ______ tried to defend himself with mace, but was injured in the attack and had to go to the hospital. No...

Kneeling, Standing Tear Parish Apart Whose Authority Final in Fallbrook? By Robert Kumpel In a struggle to remain faithful to the Church, some parishioners at St. Peter's parish in Fallbrook are feeling more isolated than ever. Since February, Father Bud Kaicher and his associate Father Bernard Rapp have insisted that parishioners stand before the end of the Eucharistic Prayer. One Tuesday in early February, visiting priest Father Mel Young asked at morning Mass that people would not kneel or genuflect when receiving communion because a new General Instruction for the Roman Missal was about to be released which forbade such...